A field guide for riders

See the route before you ride it.

Road, gravel, and mountain routes told as visual stories — the surface truth, the views, the coffee stop. Starting in Colorado.

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Magnolia to Gold Hill Loop, Boulder — our founding route. Drag anywhere on the elevation profile and the photos, map, and beta follow your thumb.

Rolling out on the creek path before the canyon swallows you.First dirt: Magnolia's switchbacks start immediately and don't apologize.The plateau. Washboard, ponderosa, and the Indian Peaks on the horizon.Coffee at the Gold Hill General Store — the finest stop in Colorado gravel.Sunshine saddle, looking east over everything you're about to descend.The last curves of Sunshine Canyon, back into town at golden hour.

Rolling out on the creek path before the canyon swallows you.

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What a route tells you

Surface truth

Gravel 55%Paved 45%

Champagne gravel or hike-a-bike? Every route declares its mix.

The beta

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Water, coffee, bail-outs, cell gaps — the notes a friend would give you.

Your passport

2 of 3 ridden

Collections you complete, badges you earn, a map of everywhere you've ridden.

Supported by

The founding collection

The Colorado Classics — three rides, three surfaces, one range.

3 routes · 78.8 km · 1,885 m gain · Supported by Cinder Coffee Roasters

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Curator-led, not crowd-sourced

Every route on rideSOLTA is ridden, written, and vouched for by one person with a name — because the notes a friend gives you beat an average of strangers.

Meet Andrea, founding curator →